Dementia awareness Outcome 1 Understand what dementia is 1. Explain what is meant by the term ’dementia’ Dementia is a non-specific illness syndrome with serious loss of global cognitive ability. It can be static or progressive. More common above the age of 65 but can occur before that age‚ when it’s called „early on set dementia”. It can occur becouse of a brain injury (e.g. stroke) or with a disease or damage in the body (e.g. Alzheimer’s disease‚ Parkinson disease). The main signs and symptoms
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Task 3 nutrition: Population group | Explanation of effect of these influences on long term health. | Babies/infants0-9 months | * Breast milk is really good for babies as it provides all the energy‚ nutrients‚ antibodies and fluids that a baby needs in order to grow and develop healthy during the first six months of life. * Eating up to two portions of oily fish a week while breast feeding is good as eating fish is good for the development of your baby’s brain and eyesight. * Drinking
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Nutrition and fitness becomes somewhat of a controversial subject amongst people. What is right and what is wrong when it comes to nutrition and fitness? It seems that depending on the day‚ week‚ or month things change rather quickly. Even for myself‚ depending on what I have seen on the television‚ heard on the radio or read in a magazine. I change my nutritional and fitness goals. It would be much more helpful if everything was more consistent then people would not have a problem following a regime
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Unit three: Use food and nutrition information to plan a healthy diet Assessment You should use this file to complete your Assessment. • The first thing you need to do is save a copy of this document‚ either onto your computer or a disk • Then work through your Assessment‚ remembering to save your work regularly • When you’ve finished‚ print out a copy to keep for reference • Then‚ go to www.vision2learnforschools.com and send your completed Assessment to your teacher via your My Study area
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Food and Nutrition Assignment Submitted by: Azka Khan Submitted to: Topic: Types of Food Types of Food Food: Food is any substance normally eaten or drunk by living things. The term food also includes liquid drinks. Food is the main source of energy and of nutrition for animals‚ and is usually of animal or plant origin. There are 4 (four) basic food energy sources: fats‚ proteins‚ carbohydrates and alcohol. Historical development Humans are omnivorous
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My report is on what it takes to become physically fit. "Physical fitness is the ability of the human body to function with vigor and alertness‚ without undue fatigue‚ and with ample energy to engage in leisure activities‚ and to meet physical stresses". Muscular strength and endurance‚ cardiorespiratory integrity‚ and general alertness are the overt signs of physical fitness. Physical fitness is usually measured in relation to functional expectations-that is‚ typically‚ by periodic tests measuring
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from normal aging. >People living in high traffic areas prone to higher risk of dementia If you are living near to high-traffic areas or roads‚ you are at a higher risk of developing dementia than those who live in remote places away from the traffic‚ as per a new research. Researchers revealed that those who live at 50 metres away from high-traffic roads have seven percent more likelihood of developing dementia when compared to people who lived more than 300 meters away from busy roads. The
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Although dementia as a whole is caused by brain damage‚ hindering the brains ability to communicate properly‚ subsets of dementia are linked with different types of brain cell damage according to the region affected (Alzheimer’s Association). Alzheimer’s contains a high number of hallmark abnormalities‚ including “deposits of the protein fragment beta-amyloid and twisted strands of the protein tau” (Alzheimer’s Association). Vascular dementia is typically caused by strokes and/or instances that cause
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Reflections on Nutrition Overall I have enjoyed every aspect of this class. However‚ I must say that I enjoyed the healthy eating plan assignment. This assignment gave me an overview of my eating habits as a whole. Having to put everything on paper enabled me to acknowledge a change was needed and where the change was needed. Prior to composing a healthy eating plan‚ I was never equipped with the knowledge to know there were nutrients missing from my daily diet. This particular assignment
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Diagnosing Dementia Did you ever think how does the doctor diagnose dementia? Or how does the doctor decide that the person suffers from dementia or not? Previously the doctors thought that there is no specific test can make them decide if the patient has dementia or not‚ but nowadays they discoverd a specific diagnose and they classify it into two types. Diagnosis components is an information about the patient and his family and friends. The purpose of a diagnosis is to eradicate any other possible
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